17+ hour, 8+ min ago  (511+ words) Kansas public school students raising their voices in protest during school hours will need parental permission to leave school grounds to attend a rally or protest event after legislative action Friday. The House and Senate overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's line-item…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago  (1734+ words) TOPEKA " The tension between voting rights lobbyist Melissa Stiehler and a committee of Kansas legislators boiled over when Stiehler told them "lawmaking based on xenophobic propaganda is morally disgusting." A few Republicans shared glances, and Rep. Kristey Williams, an Augusta…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (370+ words) TOPEKA " Republican Sen. Michael Murphy sold the Kansas Legislature on granting investors in gold and silver an exemption from state capital gains tax by noting the insightful allegory about monetary policy woven into "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." "Lot of…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (691+ words) TOPEKA " Republican legislators overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's veto to create a 25-foot buffer around law enforcement and emergency personnel, a move the Senate leader said ensures Kansas won't become like Minnesota. Senate President Ty Masterson said in a news release…...

2+ day, 21+ min ago  (845+ words) TOPEKA " The Kansas Senate failed to override vetoes targeting education policy in the state budget, stopping a plan to restructure the state assessment test system and reset score perimeters. Gov. Laura Kelly signed the state budget, House Bill 2513, but vetoed…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (243+ words) TOPEKA " Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bipartisan bill Thursday passed by the Kansas Legislature to establish a state sports authority to offer oversight of construction and management of a $3 billion stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL franchise's…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (632+ words) TOPEKA " Gov. Laura Kelly signed a slew of bills Tuesday, including one that changes procedures at the Kansas Board of Nursing and voids nonpractice violations by nurses going back to 2005. Kelly signed House Bill 2528, a controversial bill that rolls back…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (525+ words) TOPEKA " A federal judge tossed out most of the claims from a former University of Kansas student employee who was fired after he spoke out against changes to the campus" LGBTQ+ residence hall. But one claim survived, leaving room for…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1813+ words) One is a combat veteran and former military criminal investigator. Another is a seasoned commander who moved to Kansas from the Austin, Texas, police department. A third oversaw law enforcement at the University of Colorado Boulder. But with only one…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1775+ words) BURLINGTON " From his front door, Rick Gaddy is watching a forest rise on the Eastern Plains of Kit Carson County. In January he counted 30 tall columns standing on the horizon, a few weeks later there were 50 and now he thinks…...